LOS ANGELES — A meeting this weekend in Denver between Bill Geivett, the Rockies’ director of major-league operations, and manager Jim Tracy will go a long way in determining not only whether Tracy returns, but the coaching staff and the club’s direction.

Rockies owner Dick Monfort said Sunday that no decision has been made on Tracy’s future. He pointed to Geivett’s discussion with Tracy this weekend as the important factor. Tracy has indicated he would like to return — he’s under contract for a guaranteed $1.4 million — but his status has become increasingly uncertain following the worst season in Rockies history and the team’s new front- office alignment.

Tracy’s future hinges almost solely on Geivett’s recommendation. Geivett will also have power to pick the coaching staff, a decision that was left up to Tracy last season in September. Tracy made no changes in his staff. Widespread changes are expected this year.

“At this point, (Tracy is) under contract. We haven’t discussed anything yet. When we get through, we are going to sit down after the season and talk about everything,” said Geivett, who has worked with Tracy for about two decades. “That will be one the biggest things as we look to as far as planning and what we are doing going forward.”

The Rockies’ season ends Wednesday. Geivett and Tracy will talk soon after. Geivett moved downstairs into the Rockies’ clubhouse on Aug. 1. He has a spartan desk, a coffee maker and a white erase board listing the franchise’s minor-league players. General manager Dan O’Dowd has focused squarely on minor- league player development the past two months, though he will remain involved in the building of the roster this winter. Geivett, meanwhile, has traveled to every Rockies road game, observing everything from the coaches’ interaction with players to workout and diet regimens. His opinion will carry the most weight in determining Tracy’s fate.

Tracy was given a handshake agreement on an “indefinite” contract extension last February by O’Dowd. That secured his 2013 deal and meant only that the Rockies wanted him in the organization long term. It didn’t guarantee he would remain the field boss. Since that announcement at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Ariz., little has gone right for the Rockies.

The club fell out of contention in May, suffered an injury to all-star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, went to a four-man rotation in June and opted for co-pitching coaches after Bob Apodaca resigned. Tracy struggled with the club’s decision to go with a four-man rotation — it created a paint-by-numbers game plan with starters on a pitch count and “piggyback” relievers following them. The four-man rotation became a five-man rotation again Aug. 21 with Jhoulys Chacin’s return. The experiment was officially abandoned two weeks ago.

If Tracy stays as manager, he must be able to work with Geivett, whose role isn’t changing. Will Tracy want to? He has said yes, but until the exit meeting his status will remain unclear.

The Rockies have a long mountain to climb to become respectable, let alone competitive. They were swept Sunday by the Dodgers, extending their club record for losses to 97. They have scored only one run in their past 32 innings, and are 11-41 in Sunday games the past two seasons.

Asked if the Rockies could be a playoff contender next season, Geivett spoke in measured tones. “I don’t think we are in position to say that right now,” he said. “We have a lot of things to prove to ourselves and to everybody else.”

The team’s inability to pitch well at Coors Field, and stay healthy, will be primary topics over the next few weeks. The Rockies’ rotation was gutted with the losses of Chacin and Juan Nicasio and the slower-than-anticipated recovery of Jorge De La Rosa, who looked rusty again Sunday in his third start since returning from elbow surgery.

The Rockies’ starting pitchers posted a 6.70 ERA at Coors Field and won only 20 games.

“There’s been a lot made about our pitching, but we are 14th out of 30th in road ERA. With all the issues, problems and injuries, we are in the middle of the pack. We have to get better at pitching at home,” Geivett said. “Coors Field is where we have struggled and at times where we have not tailored our games to. That’s our home. That’s where we want to be. To truly have home-field advantage we have to pitch better there.”

Tracy has said he’s ready to embrace the challenge of helping turn the team around. Whether the Rockies feel the same will be clarified soon.

Troy joined The Denver Post in 2002 as the Rockies' beat writer and became a Broncos beat writer in 2014 before assuming the lead role before the 2015 season. He is a past president of the local chapter of Baseball Writers Association of America and has won more than 20 local and national writing awards since graduating from the University of Colorado journalism school with honors in 1993.

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